Table B-8.

Percent of Respondents Reporting Events in the Past 12 Months by Respondent Staff Position

2008 Comparative Database Report

Number of Events Reported by Respondents	Staff Position
	Admin/ Mgmt	Attending/ Physician/ Resident/ PA or NP	Dietician	Pat Care Asst/Aide/ Care Partner	Pharmacist	RN/LVN/ LPN	Technician (EKG, Lab, Radiology)	Therapist (Respiratory, Phys, Occup, Speech)	Unit Asst/ Clerk/ Secretary
	487 Hospi- tals	346 Hospi- tals	265 Hospi- tals	438 Hospi- tals	345 Hospi- tals	510 Hospi- tals	458 Hospi- tals	433 Hospi- tals	479 Hospi- tals
	10,955 Respon- dents	7,345 Respon- dents	1,046 Respon- dents	8,663 Respon- dents	2,387 Respon- dents	55,119 Respon- dents	16,173 Respon- dents	7,258 Respon- dents	9,864 Respon- dents
No events	45%	59%	73%	74%	22%	28%	57%	59%	76%
1 to 2 events	24%	26%	17%	20%	21%	38%	29%	31%	18%
3 to 5 events	15%	9%	7%	5%	21%	22%	9%	7%	4%
6 to 10 events	9%	4%	3%	1%	15%	8%	3%	2%	1%
11 to 20 events	4%	2%	0%	0%	10%	3%	1%	0%	0%
21 event reports or more	2%	1%	0%	0%	11%	1%	1%	0%	0%

Note: Average percent totals in the table may not sum to exactly 100 percent due to rounding of decimals.

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Page last reviewed March 2008

Internet Citation: Table B-8. : Percent of Respondents Reporting Events in the Past 12 Months by Respondent Staff Position. March 2008. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, Rockville, MD. https://archive.ahrq.gov/professionals/quality-patient-safety/patientsafetyculture/hospital/2008/tableb8.html